Rams win two over weekend

Posted:
12/18/2012 07:57:24 AM MST

Riley Samber adds two points in the Akron Rams' victory over the Burlington Cougars.

The Akron Rams hosted the Burlington Cougars on the hardwood court and came away with a 75-35 point win. Scoring by quarters included an even first quarter, with each team scoring 14, but then Akron started putting down the points taking the second 12-6; scoring big in the third 26-8 and doing the same in the fourth, 18-7. Riley Samber was named Player of the Game for the Rams. Stats for the players include Samber with 14 points, four of those free throws, two assists and 12 rebounds. Garret Basler scored seven with one free throw, three assists, nine rebounds and one steal. Jared Clarkson hit two for three points each, one free throw for a total of 15 points, 12 assists, three rebounds and four steals. Brady Baer scored 28 with one three pointer and seven free throws, four assists, five rebounds and six steals. Jaden Dreher scored 11 with one free throw, two assists, one block and10 rebounds. Zeque Ward, Dylan Smith and Holden Ramey each had one rebound; while Casey Krening and Dillen Michaelis helped the Rams win. On Saturday, Akron traveled to meet the Highland Huskies and came away with their second win of the weekend, 72-57. Scoring by quarters was 17-14 in the first, 18-17 in the second; 15-15 in the third and Akron decided they better get going in a close game and scored 22 points to Highland's 11. Player of the Game was Brady Baer. Krening scored two points, one block, two rebounds and one steal.

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Samber hit one free throw for one point, six rebounds and one steal. Basler hit for two points, two assists and six rebounds. Clarkson had seven free throws in scoring 16 points, six assists, four rebounds and three steals. Baer was really high point with 46 points, including 16 free throws, four assists, two blocks, four rebounds and three steals. Dreher scored five points, one block, nine rebounds and two steals. On Thursday and Friday, December 20-21 Akron hosts the Akron Tournament. Games for the tournament will start at 3 p.m. on both days and on Saturday Akron hosts Frontier Academy at 2 p.m. for their last game before the Christmas break.